Self Assessment

What is Self Assessment?

Self-assessment is the first step in the career development process.
The instruments we use are designed to help you learn about your interests, values and skills.
This helps you to make more realistic decisions about your goals & plans, how you manage your career and the importance of adaptability as changes occur in your life.

The Career Center offers the below 4 self-assessments.  In order to take one or more of them, you must meet with a Career Counselor either via a drop-in session (check our hours for drop-in times) or by appointment.  You and your career counselor will determine which assessment best meets your needs.

Once your assessment is complete, please schedule a one-hour appointment with a Career Counselor to review your results, go over any questions you may have, and talk about the next steps in your career development process.

Focus2

This is a career guidance tool used to assist you in self-assessment and career exploration. It takes under an hour to complete. Students answer questions to describe their interests, work values and skills.

Features of Focus2 include:

• Assessing your interests, values and skills
• Searching for/analyzing occupations based on your interests and work values
• Searching for/analyzing occupations based on your education, training, and skills
• Searching for/analyzing occupations based on your personality type and life values
   

A Career Counselor will provide you with the information needed to take Focus 2.  Once you receive that information:

Take the Focus2 Assessment 

Do What You Are

This assessment is based on personality type and developed specifically for college students. It takes approximately 30 minutes to complete. Students can research careers and maintain information in their e-file.

Features of Do What You Are include:

• Assessing your likes/ dislikes
• Assessing your strengths and blind spots
•  Helping you determine your preferred learning styles
•  Helping you to think about your interpersonal negotiating style and how it relates to your career

A Career Counselor will provide you with the information needed to take Do What You Are.  Once you receive that information:

Take the Do What You Are Assessment

The two assessments below are available in paper-based format in the Career Center:

Myers Briggs Type Indicator

This is a personality inventory that allows individuals to learn about the degree to which they express their preferences for eight aspects of human personality. It takes approximately  30 minutes to complete.

Strong Interest Inventory

This inventory matches your interests with the interests of people who have been in career fields at least three years and are satisfied with their work.  It takes approximately 45 minutes to complete.